General English #42 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL ENGLISH #42

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

1. My windows look ………… the garden.

(a) up on

(b) out on

(c) in

(d) at

Answer: (b)

2. I have made a rough ………… of the report.

(a) drapht

(b) draught

(c) drought

(d) draft

Answer: (d)

3. The reward was not commensurate ………… the work done by us.

(a) for

(b) on

(c) with

(d) upon

Answer: (c)

4. I didn’t care ………… the expense; I want the party to be a real success.

(a) of

(b) with

(c) about

(d) at

Answer: (c)

5. Vinay does not play cricket, and ………… does Yeshwant.

(a) so

(b) also

(c) eihter

(d) neither

Answer: (a)

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

6. To secretly store more than what is allowed

(a) Hoard

(b) Store

(c) Hide

(d) Aboard

Answer: (a)

7. Very dramatic

(a) Histrionic

(b) Hippocratic

(c) Hirsute

(d) Hoary

Answer: (a)

8. A figure of speech b which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles

(a) Metaphor

(b) Simile

(c) Personification

(d) Alliteration

Answer: (b)

9. The process by which a person or an organization reduces the, amount of money it spends

(a) Budgeting

(b) Retrenchment

(c) Saving

(d) Closure

Answer: (a)

10. An established principle of practical wisdom

(a) Marxism

(b) Maxim

(c) Neologism

(d) Platonism

Answer: (b)

Directions (11-20): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Passage-I

The last decade has been …(11)… for management education and development. When the economies of most western countries were …(12)… in the early 1980’s there were …(13)… cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980’s there were some …(14)… in both areas. In the early 1990’s industrialized countries were in the …(15)… of another serve recession and a …(16)… retrenchment was to be recession reasonably …(17)… throughout the training word. But this had not been the case so far. Many leading companies are …(18)… their belief in training as the key to future competitiveness and governments are …(19)… an era of rapid …(20)… in higher education.

11. (a) dogmatic

(b) paradoxical

(c) praiseworthy

(d) outstanding

Answer: (b)

12. (a) galvanized

(b) developing

(c) faltering

(d) privatised

Answer: (c)

13. (a) judicious

(b) marginal

(c) proportionate

(d) severe

Answer: (d)

14. (a) reactions

(b) slashing

(c) pro-activity

(d) curiosity

Answer: (a)

15. (a) area

(b) grip

(c) context

(d) mood

Answer: (b)

16. (a) critical

(b) profound

(c) projected

(d) expected

Answer: (a)

17. (a) asserting

(b) rejecting

(c) managing

(d) criticising

Answer: (d)

18. (a) criticising

(b) asserting

(c) managing

(d) rejecting

Answer: (a)

19. (a) establishing

(b) encouraging

(c) circulating

(d) preaching

Answer: (b)

20. (a) degradation

(b) communication

(c) exhibition

(d) expansion

Answer: (d)